So my trip from home to Clarkston, Georgia via bike is long, and I’m not linear so there are often many stops. This day — in addition to my usual checking on the free public […]
Tag: Peace Corps
Crazy Story (And A Call for 5 New Bicycle Mayors)
As you know, I’m still on hold for Peace Corps Uganda (delayed from June 2020 to August 2021 as of right now — you can read that crazy story here), BUT I just learned that […]
New Chapter
I’ve written the next chapter of Leaving Suburbia for the Peace Corps, but, sorry, I’m not sharing it yet! All work from here on is exclusive to the forthcoming book. You can take a free […]
“Broadway World” review of the world premiere of For Goodness Sake
As many of you also do, I use the arts as a place to process and express the intensity of feelings life evokes. A piece I wrote recently named Big Jugs is one of those […]
Spokesgirl
I’m researching a new work of Young Adult fiction this summer (I tapped out of both Facebook and Instagram to provide myself with space to focus on this). Years ago, I wrote a Young Adult […]
Senior Corps?
So I’m Traveling at the Speed of Bike home from a doctor’s office and Home Depot yesterday, la la la, with my handlebar tassels and lemongrass plants blowing in the wind, and I’m wondering the […]
Hope for the flowers (and all of us)
“Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly.” Seeing this beauty in my garden yesterday gave me hope and renewed faith in humanity. The Black Lives Matter movement is changing […]
A Departure from the Plan
I am a Peace Corps Invitee, originally scheduled to depart for Peace Corps Uganda on June 4, 2020 (a week from tomorrow). Additionally, I am part of the roughly 4% of Peace Corps Volunteers who […]
